Vista - spelling language

How do you add a language to the list of languages for spell checking
purposes? I currently have the U.S. English language but want either
British or Canadian English.

If it's not in the list (Tools | Options | Spelling), it isn't available.
The choice is rather limited as you can see.

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Have a nice day!
Leen
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"Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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| How do you add a language to the list of languages for spell checking
| purposes? I currently have the U.S. English language but want either
| British or Canadian English.
|
Here below á explanation how to ad spelling control in your language!
Greets Walter

If you have Office (97-2003) Proofing Tools for Dutch - or could get
your
hands on them - then the following might work for you. Office 2007 is no
good, because the proofing tools are a new Vista variety that don't work
with WLMail. What follows applies to XP, but I think it also works in
Vista.

Extra spellcheckers are installed in a folder called Proof in
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
Mail.
In there is a separate folder for each language, the name being
something
like prf000C. The last two characters of this are the last two of the
Language ID in hex*, so FR-FR which has Language ID 1036 (40C in hex)
lives
in prf000C. Inside the prf00xx folder is another one called 1. So:
(1) Create these folders
(2) Locate your Office proofing tools: mine are in %programfiles%\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof.
(3) Locate the spelling engine and lexicon for your language of choice.
They
will be called something like MSSP3FR.DLL and MSSP3FR.LEX. Copy them to
your
new folder (%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Windows
Live Mail\Proof\prf00xx\1.
(4) Open Notepad and type in:
[Spellchecker]
Engine=MSSP3FR.DLL
Lex=MSSP3FR.LEX
Lang=1036

using the names of the two files you copied for the Engine and Lex bits,
and
the appropriate Language ID on the last line.
(5) Save this text file as (select "All files" in the Save as dialogue
box)
spell.ini in your folder called 1.
(6) Restart WLMail and set your input language to the one you have just
installed. Check under Options > Spelling that you have selected "Check
spelling in current input language" at the bottom of the page. Whilst
you're
on that page, you should see your new language shown as Installed.


No guarantees that it will work for you, but I just installed Danish and
Swedish spellcheckers successfully. Have fun!


* See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221435 for a list which helpfully
gives the hex equivalents.
--
Noel

If you have MS Office installed, there is a way to get dictionary files from
there and put them into WLMail folders, enabling them here.
However, the topic which contained those instructions is no longer available
in the server.

Here is what I can remember:
1- Look for the MSSP3xx.dll and the MSSP3xx.lex (where xx is the language,
e.g. PT, FR, EN,...) files referring to your language in
<HDD>\Programs\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof
2- Locate <HDD>\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local
Settings\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
3- Create a folder there named prf0016 (Don't know where the 16 came from,
but I think the folder should be named prf00xx, being xx 2 digits)
4- Inside it, I have a folder name 1. I can't remember where that name comes
from.
5- Inside the latest folder, paste the .lex and .dll.
6- Next to to the two files mentioned on the previous point, create one
named spell.ini. Open with notepad and write:

[Spellchecker]
Engine=MSSP3PT.DLL
Lex=MSSP3PT.LEX
Lang=2070

Where after Engine= is the name of the .dll, after Lex= is the .lex name and
after Lang= is the language code.
Lang= code should be found in
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/he...590231033.aspx
6- Open WLM, Tools>Options>Spelling and it now should appear there. Set as
default, as WLM cannot automatically change between spell checkers.

Although incomplete, I hope this information is useful!

"Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> escreveu na mensagem
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"Janwillem" <janjoost.puts.invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OoDtbaEiIHA.5368@xxxxxxThank you. I have saved all replies so when I get a little time will try to
change the lexicon. Thanks to all.

"Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OLKkKmDiIHA.4320@xxxxxxOK. You've almost reached your quota of FAQs Since you're using WLMail to
post, if you've downloaded many of the messages in this group, a quick
search using the "Find a message" wordwheel would have shown you that the
question about British English was answered in some detail only a couple of
days ago. If msnews is your default newsgroup server,
news:Om8mRabhIHA.5820@xxxxxx will take you straight to my post
from last Friday. If you'd prefer Canadian to British, change 1033 to 4105.

Next time you have a query, please mention your OS: the answer will often be
different for different flavours of Windows.
--
Noel

Just curious, Walter - did you manage to get a Dutch spell checker installed
using this technique?
--
Noel

"Janwillem" <janjoost.puts.invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes and ik works Fine!!!
Greets Walter

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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| Just curious, Walter - did you manage to get a Dutch spell checker
installed
| using this technique?
| --
| Noel
|
| "Janwillem" <janjoost.puts.invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:OoDtbaEiIHA.5368@xxxxxx
| >
| >
| > "Bogey Man" <spam@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
| > news:OLKkKmDiIHA.4320@xxxxxx
| > | How do you add a language to the list of languages for spell
checking
| > | purposes? I currently have the U.S. English language but want
either
| > | British or Canadian English.
| > |
| > Here below á explanation how to ad spelling control in your
language!
| > Greets Walter
| >
| > If you have Office (97-2003) Proofing Tools for Dutch - or could get
| > your
| > hands on them - then the following might work for you. Office 2007
is no
| > good, because the proofing tools are a new Vista variety that don't
work
| > with WLMail. What follows applies to XP, but I think it also works
in
| > Vista.
| >
| > Extra spellcheckers are installed in a folder called Proof in
| > %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live
| > Mail.
| > In there is a separate folder for each language, the name being
| > something
| > like prf000C. The last two characters of this are the last two of
the
| > Language ID in hex*, so FR-FR which has Language ID 1036 (40C in
hex)
| > lives
| > in prf000C. Inside the prf00xx folder is another one called 1. So:
| > (1) Create these folders
| > (2) Locate your Office proofing tools: mine are in
%programfiles%\Common
| > Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof.
| > (3) Locate the spelling engine and lexicon for your language of
choice.
| > They
| > will be called something like MSSP3FR.DLL and MSSP3FR.LEX. Copy them
to
| > your
| > new folder (%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application
| > Data\Microsoft\Windows
| > Live Mail\Proof\prf00xx\1.
| > (4) Open Notepad and type in:
| > [Spellchecker]
| > Engine=MSSP3FR.DLL
| > Lex=MSSP3FR.LEX
| > Lang=1036
| >
| > using the names of the two files you copied for the Engine and Lex
bits,
| > and
| > the appropriate Language ID on the last line.
| > (5) Save this text file as (select "All files" in the Save as
dialogue
| > box)
| > spell.ini in your folder called 1.
| > (6) Restart WLMail and set your input language to the one you have
just
| > installed. Check under Options > Spelling that you have selected
"Check
| > spelling in current input language" at the bottom of the page.
Whilst
| > you're
| > on that page, you should see your new language shown as Installed.
| >
| >
| > No guarantees that it will work for you, but I just installed Danish
and
| > Swedish spellcheckers successfully. Have fun!
| >
| >
| > * See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221435 for a list which
helpfully
| > gives the hex equivalents.
| > --
| > Noel
| >
| >
| >
| >
|

Great - thank you. Leen, did you notice that?
--
Noel

"Janwillem" <janjoost.puts.invalid@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yep, I've read it. Thanks.


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Leen
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